Question of the day
Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller
* The setup, which is about a letter that Tony Rezko wrote to his judge a couple of months ago…
Convicted political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko claims in a letter to his trial judge written two months before his conviction on corruption charges that federal prosecutors pressured him to implicate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama or Gov. Rod Blagojevich in wrongdoing.
But in the letter to U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve, which she placed in his file Wednesday, Rezko said he was never involved in any wrongdoing with either Obama or Blagojevich and wouldn’t make up stories about them in an attempt to benefit himself.
* More…
“They are pressuring me to tell them the ‘wrong’ things that I supposedly know about Governor Blagojevich and Senator Obama,” Rezko wrote St. Eve in an April bid to be released on bail during his trial. “I have never been party to any wrongdoing that involved the Governor or the Senator,” Rezko continued. “I will never fabricate lies about anyone else for selfish purposes. I will take what comes my way, but I will never hurt innocent people.” […]
“I understand I may well lose this case,” Rezko wrote. “If I do, I am prepared to serve my sentence.”
* Caveat…
Sources say that the feds have not approached Obama to question him regarding Rezko.
* The question: After reading the excerpts from Rezko’s letter, do you think he’ll flip or do you think he’ll stay mum and serve out his sentence? Explain, and please try to stick to the question. Thanks.